Safety-razor.



D. HEPP.

SAFETY RAZOR.

APPLICATION 11.31) FEB. 19, 1912.

Patented Mar 4, 1913 q; i \Q 7 Qi'topntqf Daniel Hep iv.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. l

DANIEL HEPP, or cnrcaeo, ILLINOIS.

S ecifleation of Letters Patent.

. SAFETY-RAZOR.

Patented-Mar.4,1913.

Application filed February 19, 1912. Serial No. 678,441.

'0 all whom it may concern."

'Be it known that I, DANIEL HEPP, a citi zen of the United States,residing at Chi- -cag0,,in the county of Cook and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-Razors, ofwhich the-following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of razors commonly known as safetyrazors, and its'object is to provide a novel and improved holder for theblade, saidholder beward end of the plate has a ton ing formed in onepiece with a handle, and having means for clamping" the blade, and theguard therefor, in operative position.

The invention also has for its object to simplify the structure and to.reduce the number of parts to a minimum, and furthermore, to .providemeans for adjusting.

the tension of the blade.

With thes'eobjects in view, the invention consists in a construction andarrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, in 'which- Figure 1 is a planview of the razor com- :plete; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on theline 2--2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3 ofFig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the comb guard.

Referring specifically to the drawing, the handle 5 of the razor is aflat metal strip of suitable length having atone of its ends means forholding the blade 6 and the. co1nb guard 7 for said blade.

The other end of-the handle is the grip. The first mentioned end of thehandle terminates in an upward bend 8 at the base of which is atransverse slot 9, and said end of the handle also has twolongitudinally spaced circular bosses 10, and to the rear thereof arectangular boss 11. The grip portion of the handle has a threadedaperture 12 which is-for a purpose to be presently described.

The guard 7 is a sheet metal plate, bowed transversely, and having itsopposite longitudinal edges toothed as usual; The fore 13 which is bentupward and has a portion which is oif-set above the plane of the'body ofthe plate, and is adapted to be passed through the slot 9, andintermediate its ends, the plate has slots 14 adapted to receive theosses 10, said slots extending in the direction of the length of theplate so that it may The blade 6 fits between the guard plate7' and theforward portion of the handle, and

has two circular apertures 17 to accommodate the bosses 10.

That portion of the handle which carries the blade 6 and the guard plate7 is bent downward from the grip portion of the handle as shown inFig.2.

To the forward end of the gri portion of the handle is secured at one 0its ends a spring clam 18, having an aperture through whic passesaclamping screw 19, which is threaded into the aperture 12. The free endof the clamp is bent upward and then downward as indicated at 20 sothatit may engage the top of the guard plate at its rear end and press itdown onthe blade 6. The clamp engages that portion of the guard platehaving the recess 16, across which latter it extends. and also'for ashort distance on opposite sides thereof as clearly shown in Fig. 1. Thescrew 19 serves to regulate the pressure of the clamp on the guardplate. The clamp may be secured to the handle by-rivets 21 struck upfrom the same.

In operation, the blade'6 is'placed on the forward end of'the handle 5in such a posi-. tion that the bosses 10 pass through the apertures 17.The and plate 7 is put in position by first, s1 ping the-tongue 13through the slot 9, a ter which the plate is swung toward the blade andpressed down until the end 20 of the clamp 18 snaps over the same, theboss 11 entering the recess 16. The screw 19 may now be 0 erated to givethe blade the desired tension y varying the pressure of the clamp oh theguard plate. For. a close shave, the guard plate is pulled rearward sothat the tongue 13 comes into the slot 9, and the screw 19 is thenscrewed down to get more pressure. This W111 cause a tighter pressure onthe blade and produce a slight curvature thereof transversely. To removethe blade, the clamp 18.is pressed back oif the guard plate, and thelatter is swung upward by pressing upward on the tongues 15, after whichthe plate can "be entirely removed by slipping the tongue 13 out of theslot 9, whereupon the blade is released so that it may now be removed.

The hereindescribed operations can be easily and quickly-effected, andas the parts are few and simple, there is nothing to get out of order.The device can be easily and cheaply manufactured, and it effectuallyserves the purpose for which it is designed.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been shown, but it will beevident that various minor changes in the structural details may be madewithout departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

I claim:

1. A safety razor comprising a handle having a slot in its forwardrendand proj ections, a blade, a guard plate on the blade, said guard platebeing curved transversely and having a ton e at its forward end passingthrough the slot of the handle, said tongue having a portion which isoff-set from the guard plate and said guard plate having apertures toreceive the projections, and being adjustable lengthwise to place theaforesaid ofi-set portion of the tongue into the slot of the handle, andclamping means engaging the rear end of the guard plate.

2. A safety razor comprising a handle having projections at one of itsends, a blade, a transversely curved guard plate having apertures toreceive the projections, said guard plate being adjustable lengthwise,means controlled by the lengthwise adjustment of the guard plate forvarying the tension thereof, means for clamping the guard plate down onthe blade, and means for varying the tension of said clamping means.

3. A safety razor comprising a handle having an upward bend at itsforward end and a slot at the base of said bend, and projections, ablade, a guard plate on the blade, said guard plate being curvedtransversely and having a tongue at its forward end passing through theslot of the handle, said tongue having a portion which is off-set fromthe guard plate, said guard plate also having apertures to receive theprojections, and being adjustable lengthwise to place the off-setportion of the aforesaid tongue into the slot of the-handle, andclamping means engaging the rear end of the guard plate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANIEL HEPP. Witnesses:

JACOB T. KINZIG, Afar DIERSSEN.

